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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the man's reaction to the narrator's comment about giving money for nothing?
(a) He calls her names.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He slaps her.
(d) He nods his head.

2. Where does Bheki sleep?
(a) The narrator's car.
(b) The guest bedroom.
(c) The backyard shed.
(d) The pool house.

3. What is the name of the narrator's housekeeper?
(a) Love.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Rachelle.
(d) Florence.

4. What does the narrator feel about the person she is addressing in this book?
(a) She dislikes her habits.
(b) She hates her.
(c) She misses her.
(d) She makes her sick.

5. Where is Bheki's friend kept?
(a) In the psychiatric wing of the hospital.
(b) In a room full of older men.
(c) In the waiting room of the hospital.
(d) In a cell at the local prison.

6. What is the name of the homeless man?
(a) Mr Vercueil.
(b) Mr Clown.
(c) Mr Clack.
(d) Mr Auteille.

7. What does the narrator think about after the person she found leaves the house?
(a) The police.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Apartheid.
(d) The homeless of Cape Town.

8. Who is the narrator addressing in this book?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her son.

9. What injury does Bheki's friend have following the crash?
(a) Head wound.
(b) Bruises on his arms and legs.
(c) Cuts on his legs.
(d) Broken arm.

10. What does Florence do after the crash?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Call the parents of Bheki's friend.
(c) Call the local chapter of the black panthers.
(d) Call the hospital where Bheki's friend was sent to.

11. Why does the narrator cry when arriving in town?
(a) Because of the beauty of the coast.
(b) Because of her cancer medication.
(c) Because of her pain.
(d) Because of allergies.

12. How long was the housekeeper absent?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 5 months.

13. What prevents the narrator from going shopping in Part One?
(a) The rain.
(b) Pain.
(c) Her can does not run.
(d) Her farorite soap opera has a marathon.

14. How does the narrator describe Mr Vercueil's usual temperament?
(a) On edge.
(b) Excited.
(c) Sullen.
(d) Happy.

15. What does the narrator bring the person that lives near her house the morning after his return?
(a) Water.
(b) Cocoa.
(c) Tea.
(d) Coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say about the media?

2. Why did the housekeeper bring her son to the narrator's house?

3. Why does Vercueil say the narrator should tell her daughter about her cancer?

4. Who are the only two people the narrator say she would speak to on the phone?

5. What are the police doing as the narrator looks outside her window?

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